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Population growth rate to be brought down: Gilani
| Just as soon as they're done populating Britain ... |
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government would bring down the annual population growth rate to 1.55 per cent in the next five years as it would further improve the poverty ratio in the country.
Speaking at a World Population Day seminar here Gilani said the government is committed to launching the Population Welfare Programme. He said that planning a family was not just a duty but also one of the fundamental rights that every citizen needed to exercise in the present-day world.
The seminar was informed that at present growth rate in population, Pakistan would rank third most populous country in the world in next few decades.
| Since there is no prosperity, few prospects, lots of disease, no education, no life for women, a need for cannon fodder and emigration as the only outlet, yup, might as well make a bunch of babies ... |
Gilani said the current annual net addition of 2.9 million people was too much and if it continued to go like this it would cause a major gap between the available resources and population and it would eat up all the achievements. Therefore, strategic planning for population management was among the top most priorities of the government, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, United States Ambassador Anne Peterson appreciated the Pakistan government's efforts being undertaken to control the population explosion.
| Did her lips fall off? She can't be serious. The things you have to say as a diplomat ... |
She said the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey Report offers a solid foundation for making profound changes in the way that people in Pakistan receive health care services.
| Just as soon as they fix that polio problem ... |
Posted by: Steve White 2008-07-13 |
